Assomac will sign Kenya agreement at Tanning Tech
Italy’s national tanning and footwear technology manufacturers association Assomac is to sign a new agreement with the Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM).
Assomac has said it expects a formal signing of a memorandum of understanding with KAM to take place at the Simac-Tanning Tech exhibition in Milan (September 23-25).
It said that it was working on projects with African countries, in keeping with an initiative the Italian government launched in 2024 called the Mattei Plan for Africa. It described the plan at the time of a programme of “partnership-based co-operation” with countries in Africa. Kenya is one of a group of nine pilot countries in Africa taking part.
At a press conference in the build-up to Simec-Tanning Tech, Assomac president, Mauro Bergozza, said the Italian organisation was “opening up a series of collaborations” with partners in Africa. “But this is not just at the level of supplying technology,” he insisted. “It is also about an exchange of ideas and values.”
